1593 in literature

1593 in literature

Events

*The London theatres remain closed for almost the entire year, due to the outbreak of bubonic plague that began the previous year. In the summer, Edward Alleyn and other actors tour the towns and countryside beyond the city. Since plague tends to abate in winter, some performances take place then; Lord Strange's Men act a play called "Titus" — perhaps Shakespeare's "Titus Andronicus" — three times in January.

New books

*"Bible of Kralice", first complete translation of the Bible into Czech
*Richard Hooker -"Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity"
*John Eliot - "Ortho-epia Gallica"
*Antonio Possevino - "Bibliotheca selecta"

New drama

*Daniel Cramer - "Plagium"
*George Peele - "Famous Chronicle of King Edward the First"

Poetry

*Barnabe Barnes - "Parthenophil and Parthenophone"
*Michael Drayton
**"Idea: The Shepherd's Garland"
**"The Legend of Piers Gaveston"
*William Shakespeare - "Venus and Adonis"

Births

*April 3 - George Herbert, poet
*May 20 - Salomo Glassius, theologian

Deaths

*February 6 - Jacques Amyot, translator
*May 30 - Christopher Marlowe, dramatist and poet (born 1564)
*"date unknown" - Jeong Cheol, Korean poet


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